Explode every day
Subtitle: an inquiry into the phenomena of wonder
By: editor: Denise Markonish; foreword by Joseph C. Thompson ; [contributors] Sean Foley, Lawrence Weschler, Mary Ruefle [and others]
Contributors: Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9783791355658
Subjects: American Art; Awe; Exhibitions; Curiosity; Wonder
Description: "Harnessing the idea of wonder as a thematic metaphor, the exhibition features both existing and new works by twenty-three international artist, each touching on certain facets of wonder, including: the perceptual/visionary, the technological/scientific, the philosophical/meditative, time/cosmos, and illusion/fear"--
Notes: Includes biographies of artists and writers.

"Published on the occasion of Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomena of Wonder, curated by Denise Markonish with Sean Foley, May 28, 2016-April 2, 2017."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Joseph C. Thompson; title: Introduction : Like two black holes colliding / Denise Markonish; title: Unknown unknowns : an inquiry into wonder, the rainbow, and the aesthetics of every day experiences / Denise Markonish; title: Negotiating wonder / Sean Foley; title: Wonder, wondrous, wondering... / Jill Tarter; title: Charles Lindsay; title: Rachel Sussman; title: Fred Tomaselli; title: Still I wonder / Stefan Sagmeister; title: Tristan Duke; title: Institute for Figuring and Margaret Wertheim; title: Ryan and Trevor Oakes; title: Faith and the cultured despisers of the possible / Steven Holmes; title: Jonathan Allen; title: Christopher Gausby; title: Laurent Grasso; title: On wonder / Robin Ince; title: Jason de Haan; title: Demetrius Oliver; title: Dark wonder : belowness, or the ineffable underground / Barbara Maria Stafford; title: Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor; title: Michael Light; title: On the Guinness Book of Records / Sam Green; title: Jen Bervin; title: Hope Ginsburg; title: Dario Robleto; title: Julianne Swartz; title: The thing itself / Maria Popova; title: Sharon Ellis; title: Nina Katchadourian; title: Megan and Murray McMillan; title: Exuberance : the passion for life / Kay Redfield Jamison; title: Tom Friedman; title: Pierre Huyghe; title: Chris Taylor; title: After a rain ; Argot ; Glory ; The day ; Fireworks ; Peridot ; Timberland ; Perpetually attempting to soar / Mary Ruefle; title: In conversation with Lawrence Weschler.